The CIA World Factbook Edition 2005 Economy

Population below poverty line In 26 editions of 36.

Population below poverty line was published in 26 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1999 to 2025. The 2005 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2005 edition
234
the first edition with it
1999
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Population below poverty line” (1999 to 2025).

the entry has the field in that editionnot in that editionthe open editionEach entry below ends in its editions with Population below poverty line, 1990 to 2025. Point at a year above to follow it down; choose one in a row to read that edition’s text there.

Entries with Population below poverty line in each edition

19902000201020202025

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Africa

57 entries

Algeria

23% (1999 est.)

Angola

70% (2003 est.)

Benin

33% (2001 est.)

Botswana

47% (2002 est.)

Burkina Faso

45% (2003 est.)

Burundi

68% (2002 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

30% (2000)

Cameroon

48% (2000 est.)

Central African Republic

  • NA (1993)

Chad

80% (2001 est.)

Comoros

60% (2002 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

NA

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

NA

Cote d'Ivoire

37% (1995)

Djibouti

50% (2001 est.)

Egypt

16.7% (2000 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

NA

Eritrea

50% (2004 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

40% (1995)

Ethiopia

50% (2004 est.)

Gabon

NA

Gambia, The now The Gambia

NA

Ghana

31.4% (1992 est.)

Guinea

40% (2003 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

NA

Kenya

50% (2000 est.)

Lesotho

49% (1999)

Liberia

80%

Libya

NA

Madagascar

50% (2004 est.)

Malawi

55% (2004 est.)

Mali

  • 64% average;
  • 30% of the total population living in urban areas;
  • 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)

Mauritania

40% (2004 est.)

Mauritius

10% (2001 est.)

Mayotte

NA%

Morocco

19% (1999 est.)

Mozambique

70% (2001 est.)

Namibia

50% (2002 est.)

Niger

63% (1993 est.)

Nigeria

60% (2000 est.)

Reunion

NA%

Rwanda

60% (2001 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA

Sao Tome and Principe

54% (2004 est.)

Senegal

54% (2001 est.)

Seychelles

NA

Sierra Leone

68% (1989 est.)

Somalia

NA

South Africa

50% (2000 est.)

Sudan

40% (2004 est.)

Tanzania

36% (2002 est.)

Togo

32% (1989 est.)

Tunisia

7.6% (2001 est.)

Uganda

35% (2001 est.)

Western Sahara

NA

Zambia

86% (1993)

Zimbabwe

70% (2002 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

NA%

Iceland

NA%

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

53% (2003)

Armenia

50% (2002 est.)

Azerbaijan

49% (2002 est.)

Bangladesh

45% (2004 est.)

Bhutan

NA

China

10% (2001 est.)

Georgia

54% (2001 est.)

India

25% (2002 est.)

Japan

NA

Kazakhstan

19% (2004 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA

Korea, South now South Korea

4% (2001 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

40% (2004 est.)

Maldives

NA

Mongolia

36.1% (2004 est.)

Nepal

42% (1995-96)

Pakistan

32% (FY00/01 est.)

Russia

25% (January 2003 est.)

Sri Lanka

22% (1997 est.)

Tajikistan

60% (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan

58% (2003 est.)

Uzbekistan

28% (2004 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

23% (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda

NA

Aruba

NA

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

NA

Barbados

NA

Belize

33% (1999 est.)

British Virgin Islands

NA

Cayman Islands

  • NA (2002 est.)

Costa Rica

18% (2004 est.)

Cuba

NA

Dominica

30% (2002 est.)

Dominican Republic

25%

El Salvador

36.1% (2003 est.)

Grenada

32% (2000)

Guadeloupe

NA%

Guatemala

75% (2004 est.)

Haiti

80% (2003 est.)

Honduras

53% (1993 est.)

Jamaica

19.7% (2002 est.)

Martinique

NA%

Montserrat

NA

Netherlands Antilles

NA

Nicaragua

50% (2001 est.)

Panama

37% (1999 est.)

Puerto Rico

NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

NA%

Saint Lucia

NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

NA

Trinidad and Tobago

21% (1992 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA%

Virgin Islands

NA%

Europe

47 entries

Albania

25% (2004 est.)

Andorra

NA%

Austria

3.9% (1999)

Belarus

27.1% (2003 est.)

Belgium

4% (1989 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

25% (2004 est.)

Bulgaria

13.4% (2002 est.)

Croatia

11% (2003)

Czech Republic now Czechia

NA

Denmark

NA

Estonia

  • NA (2000)

European Union

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Faroe Islands

NA%

Finland

NA

France

6.5% (2000)

Germany

NA

Gibraltar

NA%

Greece

NA

Guernsey

NA%

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA%

Hungary

8.6% (1993 est.)

Ireland

10% (1997 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

NA

Italy

NA

Jersey

NA%

Latvia

NA

Liechtenstein

NA%

Lithuania

NA

Luxembourg

NA%

Malta

NA%

Moldova

80% (2001 est.)

Monaco

NA%

Netherlands

NA

Macedonia now North Macedonia

30.2% (2003 est.)

Norway

NA

Poland

18.4% (2000 est.)

Portugal

NA

Romania

28.9% (2002)

San Marino

NA%

Serbia and Montenegro

30% (1999 est.)

Slovakia

NA

Slovenia

NA

Spain

NA

Sweden

NA

Switzerland

NA

Ukraine

29% (2003 est.)

United Kingdom

17% (2002 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

NA

Cyprus

NA%

Gaza Strip

81% (2004 est.)

Iran

40% (2002 est.)

Iraq

NA

Israel

18% (2001 est.)

Jordan

30% (2001 est.)

Kuwait

NA

Lebanon

28% (1999 est.)

Oman

NA

Qatar

NA

Saudi Arabia

NA

Syria

20% (2004 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

20% (2002)

United Arab Emirates

NA

West Bank

59% (2004 est.)

Yemen

45.2% (2003)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

19% (2000)

Canada

NA

Mexico

40% (2003 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA%

United States

12% (2004 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

South America

14 entries

Argentina

44.3% (June 2004)

Bolivia

64% (2004 est.)

Brazil

22% (1998 est.)

Chile

20.6% (2000)

Colombia

55% (2001)

Ecuador

45% (2001 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

French Guiana

NA%

Guyana

NA

Paraguay

36% (2001 est.)

Peru

54% (2003 est.)

Suriname

70% (2002 est.)

Uruguay

21% of households (2003)

Venezuela

47% (1998 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

NA

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

25% (2000 est.)

Cambodia

40% (2004 est.)

Hong Kong

NA

Indonesia

27% (1999)

Laos

40% (2002 est.)

Macau

NA

Malaysia

8% (1998 est.)

Philippines

40% (2001 est.)

Singapore

NA

Taiwan

1% (2000 est.)

Thailand

10% (2004 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

42% (2003 est.)

Vietnam

28.9% (2002 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2005, “Population below poverty line”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-below-poverty-line/2005.

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